Written by It’s a late summer evening in the Valentine section of Kansas City. I’m walking to the apartment I lived in back then, admiring the old, large homes in this part of town. Some of them were turned into apartments in the 60’s, and now a lot of younger people are moving in, gentrifying the neighborhood; [...]
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Stars shining bright above you
I’ve been touring some astrology websites. Here are some fascinating facts about me, a Sagittarius: Sometimes Sagittarians can get caught up in form, rather than substance. True. I enjoy the form of a man in Levi’s 501s. I couldn’t care less if there’s a brain there or not. I’ve always been as intrigued by the [...]
READ MORE »The extreme makeover
THE EXTREME MAKEOVER Extreme Home Makeover is in Kansas City again. They did a house north of the river last year, one in south Kansas City about 5 years ago (both on the Missouri side), now they’re doing one in Kansas City, Kansas. This is part of their “one in every state” campaign. Fred, my [...]
READ MORE »Yes waiter, I’ll have the Bitch, please, and a bowl of self pity on the side
Here’s my bitch. And I don’t mean Fred. Here it is, the week before Fall Diversity Weekend, and I’m stuck in Kansas City. I can’t go. Shit. I’ve canceled reservations and come to accept the fact I’ll be here while I SHOULD be in Eureka Springs.Shit, shit, SHIT! I suppose there are more important things [...]
READ MORE »Of pork loin, the kitty and K-Y Jelly
No. 1. Pork (not the verb kind of pork) My father called last week. “Yip, Super Fresh Groceries has pork loin on special. If I pick one up, will you cook it for me? You know, the way you did those pork chops the last time I was over?” Yip: You mean with the marinade [...]
READ MORE »The bashing of Lester (Or, 1957 Chevrolet Tailfin: The Weapon of Choice)
This was my initiation to gay bashing. It didn’t happen to me, but to an acquaintance of mine named Lester. I was merely a bystander who tried to help. This was back in the summer of 1969, before I was old enough to go to the gay bars, and while I was still ignorant of [...]
READ MORE »The day we owned Manhattan (Part Two)
After a harrowing taxi ride to the Hudson river, we board the boat for a dinner cruise of New York bay. This little excursion is sponsored by the gay parents group, so we know most of the people on board, at least by sight. We float up and down the Hudson river, then around to [...]
READ MORE »The day we owned Manhattan (part one)
For a couple of weeks in 1994 gay people were given New York. Actually, we TOOK New York. When Fred and I were active in a gay parents group, we would attend their yearly conferences in different parts of the country. In 1994 the conference was in New York City, coinciding with the Gay Games [...]
READ MORE »Yip’s Shorts-A collection of boxers and briefs from a demented mind
I’ve been thinking about aging a lot lately. Mainly because I’m, well, aging. I started losing my hair in my early 40’s. Now that 60 is knocking at my door, and I have a very obvious bald spot, I’ve WILLED it to stop falling out. Some people think male-pattern baldness is sexy, but I’ll tell [...]
READ MORE »Adventures on the Greyhound (Part Two)
Let’s see…where were we? Oh yes, we’re on the Greyhound bus speeding toward Hays, Kansas with the Skinny Cowboy, Mr. Foot and Miss Texas.A couple of hours after leaving Colby, and several phone calls from Mr. Foot to everyone in the known universe, we pull into Hays. Miss Texas lets everyone on the bus know [...]
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